NW_LS444 Des Moines, IA Fri, Feb 26, 2021 USDA Market News WEEKLY USDA BY-PRODUCT DROP VALUE (COW) The hide and offal value from a typical slaughter cow(1) for the week ended 2/26/2021 was estimated at 11.38 per cwt live, down -0.11 from last week. CALCULATIONS FOR BY-PRODUCT VALUE (COW) Lbs Price Change Value Prv/Wk Cow hide, branded per piece(2) 4.78 14.50 1.00 1.32 Tallow, renderer blchable 3.68 43.25 1.50 1.59 Tongues, Swiss cut, IW 0.32 537.25 -29.50 1.72 Cheek meat, trmd 0.43 194.00 0.25 0.83 Head meat 0.14 156.00 -12.75 0.22 Oxtail, reg, small box 0.20 547.50 -5.25 1.10 Hearts, reg, bone out 0.46 113.75 15.50 0.52 Lips, unscalded 0.13 133.00 1.00 0.17 Livers, reg, gall off (3) 0.90 37.50 2.50 0.34 Tripe, scalded edible, blchd 1.06 83.50 -5.00 0.89 Tripe, honeycomb bleached 0.14 146.00 - 0.20 Lungs, inedible 0.86 5.63 - 0.05 Melts 0.15 6.75 - 0.01 Meat bone ml, 50% blk/ton 10.71 376.50 -33.50 2.02 Blood meal, 85% blk/ton 0.731086.50 31.50 0.40 Totals: 24.69 11.38 Dressed equivalent basis (47% dress): 24.21 (1) Typical slaughter cow weighs 1,100 pounds. (2) Hide weight adjusted regularly for seasonal variation. (3) Reflects a 30% condemnation rate. REPORT BASIS - FOB Omaha or equivalent for the Midwest; FOB Plant for Texas and Oklahoma WEEKLY CENTRAL U.S. COW VARIETY MEAT PRICE REPORT - FOB PLANT For Week Ended 2/26/2021 Dollars/hundredweight Frozen CARLOT/L.C.L. Basis Lds Price Range Wtavg --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEEK MEAT, Trimmed 1.5 189.00 - 204.00 194.00 FEET, unbleached, skin-on, exp FEET, bleached, skin-on, exp HEARTS, Regular, bone-out 5.5 94.00 - 142.00 113.82 HEARTS, Regular, bone-out, exp HEARTS, Canadian-style, exp HEAD MEAT, 0.5 156.00 156.00 KIDNEYS Export 3.0 24.00 - 25.00 24.67 LIPS, unscalded 1.0 133.00 133.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack 0.5 38.00 38.00 LIVERS, Regular,bulk-pack export LIVERS, Regular, 2/box 4.1 27.00 - 39.00 35.54 LIVERS, Regular, 2/box, export 10.4 36.00 - 45.00 38.17 MELTS, OXTAILS, Regular, small box 1.6 532.00 - 597.00 547.56 SALIVARY GLANDS SWEETBREADS, export TONGUES, #1 white Swiss cut,IW 0.2 622.00 622.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 white Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 black Swiss cut,IW 0.4 495.00 495.00 TONGUES, exp.#1 black Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#1 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, #2 mixed Swiss cut,IW TONGUES, exp.#2 mixed,Swiss cut,IW TONGUE Trimmings 1.0 31.00 31.00 TRIPAS TRIPE, bleached, scalded, edible 2.5 81.00 - 89.00 83.40 TRIPE, blchd, scld/w honeycomb TRIPE, bleached,scalded,edible exp 9.0 80.00 80.00 TRIPE, unbleached, scalded, edible 1.3 172.00 172.00 TRIPE, honeycomb bleached TRIPE, honeycomb unbleached TRIPE, omasum unbleached 10.6 291.00- 315.00 311.83 WEASAND MEAT ------ Source: USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA Veronica M. Alvarado 515-284-4460 Desm.LPGMN@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS444.txt www.ams.usda.gov/LPSMarketNewsPage 1530C VMA